Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

iscraigh · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Posts: 276

Side note

Opera still does not work with my banking site, tried inetify as Firefox/IE as well as mask as Firefox/IE

Installed flash 9 plugin.pup Worked in firefox (okay still crashes on some sites)
Did not work in opera all i get is a gray screen.

installed jre.pup, worked in firefox, no love in Opera

Craig

Pizzasgood · Posted: Thu 08 Mar 2007, 21:44 Post subject:

Okay WhoDo, I'll try to explain. When you put a ROX-compatible theme in /root/.icons/, it adds a directory with the theme's name. Inside that directory is one called MIME, which has the icons. /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/ is basically another theme, with it's own MIME directory. So you can actually copy the contents of an icon theme's MIME directory into /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME to completely change the default icons.

I posted the bcTangoKDE themes I used here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=16220
Note: the one with the actual icons is the orange theme. The others just have symlinks, except for their folder icon. That way they don't use extra space.

You can directly copy any that you like into /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME to replace the default. I'd suggest trying to stick with they style you're already using when possible though. Shining KDE, right? It fits the glossy look of everything else. These are just a quick and simple "pre-cooked" replacement for the ones you don't do, so they don't look so bad.

What I meant by "other" icons was stuff like mp3, ogg, etc. They're still using the standard not-so-great ones. I didn't bother compiling a list since I figured you just hadn't finished. As for the ones in the toolbar, those are part of the GTK theme, as far as I know. Many apps use the icons from a GTK theme for consistency.

As for GTK-1 apps, I'm not sure. Not many, because I didn't notice it until I right-clicked XMMS. I'm not suggesting dropping the GTK2 theme, it's great. Just giving GTK-1 something, in case someone stumbles across a stray GTK-1 program. Even giving it the default theme it used to have would be better than nothing. I'll look through my collection to see if I have anything similar to Linsta, but I don't have many. I don't know a whole lot about GTK themes though. You might want to consult Dougal about it. He did a bunch of research into GTK themes. He pm'ed me a link to a bunch of them, but it's broken and I haven't had time to ask him for a new one.

metre9dmt · Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 42 Location: Philippines

Several thoughts:
1. It is inevitable that we might see two versions of the ViZ: a regular one and extreme version. The regular one should include all the applications contained in version 2.14 but with all the enhancements, e.g. all the plug-ins for abiword. The extreme version should include OpenOffice.org, Inkscape version 0.45, GIMP, project management software such as Planner or GanttProject, Java and 1-2 better games (e.g. kraptor and supertux?). We can then use the two versions to showcase the power of Puppy Linux, one for "old computers" and one for "new computers".

2. Easier network connection. I am still experiencing problems connecting to the office network. I have seen how Linux Mint connects and I hope that we could connect in such manner, seamless.

3. Centralized repository. I normally download softwares from the Internet (I have to use Windows coz Puppy Linux still wont connect) and then install it later to my computer running in Linux. I really wished that we can have a central repository to get dotpups, dotpets & other packages so that it is easy for us to download and track down the packages.

I wish to thank Barry and the rest of the Puppy Linux community for creating and continuously developing Puppy Linux. Mabuhay kayo! Very Happy

As I said Puppy Linux is the best coz it works the first time, with any computer and with complete software complement. Thanks! Cool

Pizzasgood · Posted: Fri 09 Mar 2007, 04:13 Post subject:

Here's the small (filesize-wise) version of the green shining wallpaper that I promised, along with the .png versions in case you want to make changes:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=16228

WhoDo · Posted: Fri 09 Mar 2007, 05:43 Post subject:

puppyfan12 · Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Posts: 140 Location: Ontario, Canada

Pizzasgood · Posted: Fri 09 Mar 2007, 14:35 Post subject:

Actually, the red and spotlight versions were accidents. I was experimenting with the best way to turn it green and during the process made one that looked like it was floating on lava, and another that looked like the bat-signal, except for Puppy Smile

WhoDo · Posted: Fri 09 Mar 2007, 15:40 Post subject:

craftybytes · Joined: 17 Nov 2006 Posts: 298 Location: QLD AUSTRALIA

WhoDo - would it be possible if you could post a copy of the latest boot 'init' file(s) you have used to this forum - so us puppyites who are on 56k dialup (who probably won't be downloading soon v2.15CE - as it be big) can at least see how you have got the 'boot-up' for multi pup_save & other .sfs files to work .. PLEASE.. Question

Till the v2.15CE 'final' comes out and is available as an "Unleashed CD" which we can purchase from Barry - we can only sit back and "drool" from afar as to just what v2.15CE is really like .. Rolling Eyes

Fortunately - we can still keep up some of the way by reading these forums - BUT - it is not the same as having the REAL thing to play with.. Crying or Very sad

Hope this is not too over the top to ask .. Embarassed

richard.a

mlamelas · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 42 Location: Madrid, Spain

Hi all,

I would like to offer the following comments/suggestions for the next release of this version:

1 - I think that Firefox should be included in the base install and be the default browser. I think it is the de facto alternative to IE, and third party developers are creating add ons for Firefox which they are not doing for other mozilla flavors.

2 - I also think that Flash 9 and Java runtime should be included in the base package. Almost any website visited today uses one of those two plug ins. I know it increases the size of the installation, but I think most users are adding them now.

3 - A davfs filesystem option in the base package. This way data storage is not limited to the size of the usb drive. One can mount a davfs server so that it looks just like a regular drive, and as long as there is an internet connection, file storage can be unlimited. I am using Amazon's S3 service ($0.20 per gig per month) with my Kubuntu work setup, but even connecting to a home davfs server would work.

4 - You may want to look at Kopete rather than Gaim for IM. I was not able to configure Gaim to work with MSN in Puppy. I have not tried Kopete in Puppy, but in Kubuntu it connected to MSN without a problem. I also saw some statistics in a web posting that Kopete uses less memory than GAIM.

5 - Depending upon the size of Thunderbird, serious consideration should be given to including it in the base distro as the mail client. Main reason is that, like Firefox, a lot of third party add ons (e.g., Palm Synchronization, Plaxo synchronization) are being developed for Thunderbird. It is becoming the de facto alternative to Outlook.

Just some thoughts for consideration. Puppy Linux is a great product.

Best regards,

Mel

richard.a

WhoDo

mlamelas · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 42 Location: Madrid, Spain

I have seen deb and rpm and slackware packages for kopete so I would assume it doesn't require kde. I would think the preference would be to have one IM client, rather than having to install an MSN specific one as well. Or of course not have an MSN address at all Smile

If M$ won't play nice, why support them at all, but sadly too many people only have an MSN IM account.

Kopete depends on an ORTP-0.7.1 library, which also has a deb package. I will try to create a test environment of Puppy to see if installing Kopete and the dependency works and doesn't mess up anything else.

rarsa · Posted: Sun 11 Mar 2007, 23:13 Post subject: